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J. H'. BOWEN.

TOY MONEY B0X.

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UNITED STATES 'PATENT Garten.

JAMES H. BOWEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

1 TOY MONEY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 376,628, dated January 1'7, 1888.

Application filed July 21, 1887'. Serial No. 244,870. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JAMEs H. Bowan, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful ImproVement in Toy Money-Boxes, which improvenient is fully set forth in the following specication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a toy money-box composed of gures and means for operating various members thereof,in imitation of a game of ball.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a toy embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a view of the interior of the figure simulating the pitcher of the game. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of a portion of the figure simulating the batter of the game. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section in line x w, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represent a vertical section of the iigure simulating the catcher of the game. Fig. 6 represents a horizontal section of a portion in line y y, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings. A represents a box constitutingthebase of the toy, and-B C D represent figures supported thereon, said figures being, respectively, of the form of the pitcher, batter, and catcher of a game o'f baseball. Within the base is a lever, E, which is pivoted at one end at E2 to said base, and having its other end connected with a thumb or finger piece, F, which is conveniently accessible at the top of the base.

The head G of the figure B has its neck H formed with journals J, which are mounted on the walls of the body of the figure. Connectedwith one of the journals is the arm K, within which is a sliding rod, L, to the lower end of which the thumb M of the hand of said arm is secured. A spring, N, bears against said rod, whereby the thumb M is forced toward the other fingers of the hand, forming together a. holder for the coin to be subsequently deposited in the box A. The upper end of the rod has a lateral extension, L', which projects through the arm and is adapted ,to strike the body of the figure B when t-he arm Vis lowered.

The under side of-'the neck H of the head of the ligure B has a shoulder, r, which is adapted to be engaged by the upper end of a sliding dog, Q, whose lower end is attached by a rod, R, to the lever E, said rod passing through one of the legs ofthe figure.

A spring, S, bears against the projection S' on the inner side ofthe body of the figure B, while the upper end of the said spring is secured to the dog for holding it in its elevated position, and a springT, bears against a head on the lower end of the rod U, which is located within the body of the ligure B, and connected with the rear end of the neck H,

whereby the head G is held in elevated position, the said dog Q and rod U being guided in slots or. openings in the projections S2 on the inner side of the body of said figure B.

The figure C has its arms V, which carry a bat, V', con nected with a rock-shaft, V, whose bearings are on the walls of the body of the figure. The head X of said figure C has its neck Yjournaled in the top of the body of the figure, and provided on its lower end with two canrfaces, a b, which may be engaged by lugs Z Z' on opposite sides of the rock-shaft NV. rIhe lug Z is adapted to engage with the cani a and the lug Z' with the cam b, so as to rotate the neck when the rock-shaft W is operated, whereby the'head X is rotated as it is thrown to the front. The rock shaft W is operated by means ofa rod, A', which, pivoted to said shaft, passes through the body and one of the legs of the ligure C and is connected with the lever E. l

The figure D has its head B' pivoted, as at d, to the body BIl thereof, so as to be capable of swinging forward and backward. The neck C' of said figure has a depending door, D', which closes an opening in' the front of the bodyof said iigure D. NVithin the body B2 is an arm, E', which engages with a camsurface, e, von the under side of the neck C' and is se'- cured to the lever E, it being seen that when the lever is depressed the upper end of the arm E withdraws from the neck C', and as the door D' constitutes a weight for the head B' the latter moves forward and said door opens by gravity, thus uncovering the front of the body B2, whereby a coinmay be directed into said body, as will be hereinafter described, said body being in communication with the ICOv - to their normal position.

box A, so as to permit the coin to drop there` into.

Vithin the box is a spring', A, which presses upwardly against the lever E for rcturning the same to its normal position.

The hand F of the tgure D is connected with the wall of the body thereof by a pivot, f, so as to swing laterally, the wrist G being extended inwardly, so as to be engaged bythe door Dof the figure.

The operation is as follows: rIhe arm K of the iigure D is thrown back and acoin or piece of money pressed between the thumb M and hand of the figure, so as to be held by the same. As the head G, which is connected with the arm, moves forward, the dog Q engages with the shoulder I as a catch and prevents the head and arm from returning to their normal position. The thumb or linger piece is now depressed and let go immediately thercafter, whereby, owing to the lever E, the dog is disengaged from the shoulder I), and the spring l quickly raises the head G and lowers the arm K, so that thc coin is forced from the hand of the tigure and iinpelled toward the figure D, the coin having been released of the holding action ot' the thumb, owing to the motion imparted to the thumb by the pin or extension L of the iod L striking the body of the figure. Ihese motions of the head and arm have thus imitated the actions of the pitcher in a game of base-ball. Simultaneously therewith the rod A is depressed, whereby the rock-shaft W' is rotated and the arms 'V of the figure C are thrown forward and upward, as it' in the act of batting. The lugs Z Z alternately engage with the cam-faces a b ol' the neck Y of the figure C, and thus cause the operation of the head X so as to impart a partial rotary and a rising-and-lalling or gravitating motion thereto, in imitation of those made by the batter as hc watches the coming ball to strike the same and then makes the strike. The arm Ii in the figure I) leaves the eam-face c of the neck Cof said iignre, whereby, owing to gravitation, the door D opens just as the impellcd coin reaches the same, and thus the coin enters the figure D and drops into the box A.

The head B ofthe 'gure B swings forwardly and the wrist G ol' the hand F is pressed inwardly by the door D', so that said hand moves toward the opposite hand, V, which in the present case is stationary, there thus being imitated the catching of a ball.

Then the pieec F is let go, the rock-shaft XV is rotated, whereby, owing to the lug Z and cam-face I), the head and arms V return I`he arm Il of the tigurc D, under thc action of the spring A, presses against the neck C and rides on the cam e, whereby the door D is closed and the hand F is released. f

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a toy money-box, thebox A, with pivoted lever l5, in combination with the figure B, having an oscillating arm with hand, and a sliding rod secured to said arm and having a finger, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a toy moncy-box, the figure B, having an oscillating arm with hand and a sliding rod with finger, and a lateral projection or extension, L, said parts combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The box A, with pivotcd lever E, in combination with figure IE, having a pivotcd head with the shoulder P, the spring-dog Q and rod t, and the spring-rod U, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The pivoedlcver E, in combination with the figure I3, having an inner projection, i 2, a pivoted head with the shoulder I), the springdog Q, with rod It, connecting said dog to lcvcr E, and the spring-rod U, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'5. In a toy money-box, the box A, with 1ever E, in combination with the figure C, having arms holding a bat, a rock-shaft to which said arms are connected, lugs on said shaft, and an oscillating and rotary head, having cams a and 7), engaging with said lugs, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The box A, with lever E and arm E, in combination with the figure D, having opening in front, a head with pivoted neck C', the latter having a cam side, c, and a door, D, the said arm E bearing against the cam c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A figure having ahead with a neck journaled in the body thereof, said neck having cam-faces, substantially as described, in combination with a shaft having lugs which are adapted to engage with said cam faces, as stated.

S. A toy money-box having the box A,with operating-lever E, pivotcd therein, the iigure I3, representing a pitcher, and having an oscillating arm with hand and a movable thumb, the iigurc D, with an opening in front and a swinging door closing said opening, and mechanism, substantially as described, for connecting said oscillating arm and said swinging door with said operating-lever E, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a toy money-box, the gure D, having an oscillating head with neck U', and door D', with opening therein, the pivoted hand F', having wrist G, and the lever E, with arm E, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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